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Associated Press BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — Patriots captain Jabrill Peppers was arrested over the weekend on assault, strangulation and other charges, with police saying Peppers attacked a girlfriend after she received a phone call while they were in bed together. Peppers, 29, appeared for his arraignment Monday in Quincy District Court. Not guilty pleas were

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from the singer R. Kelly, who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago. The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer was found guilty in 2022 of three charges of producing child sexual abuse images

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams has accepted the resignation of his deputy mayor for public safety, Philip Banks. The resignation is the latest in a string of departures from the Adams administration. Adams said on TV station NY1 on Monday that Banks told him “he wants to

LONDON (AP) — A British doctor has admitted trying to kill his mother’s long-term partner by injecting him with poison disguised as a COVID-19 vaccine. Prosecutors say Thomas Kwan pretended to be a community nurse and injected Patrick O’Hara with a toxic substance, likely a pesticide. O’Hara developed a rare flesh-eating disease that left him

BERLIN (AP) — A top official with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party has announced his resignation, a year ahead of an election in which the center-left Social Democrats face an uphill struggle. He is citing health problems. Kevin Kühnert has been the Social Democrats’ general secretary — the party official responsible for day-to-day political strategy

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Officials in the Philippines say former President Rodrigo Duterte has registered to run for mayor of his southern home city despite his notorious legacy over his brutal anti-drug crackdown that the International Criminal Court is investigating as a possible crime against humanity. Duterte, 79, filed his papers before the Election Commission

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Commemorations and protests unfolded across the world on Monday to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, an assault that sparked a war that has devastated the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip, fueled bloodshed in other Mideast lands and stirred protests and divisions far away. Those divisions

BERLIN (AP) — Lawyers for a man who is also under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann have called for him to be acquitted in his trial on charges of unrelated sexual offenses. Prosecutors last week urged the Braunschweig state court to convict the 47-year-old German national of two counts of rape

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — UNICEF says that recent fighting between the Sudanese military and its rival paramilitary in Sudan’s North Darfur killed at least 13 children and injured four others. The children were between 6 and 17 years old, the U.N. agency said in a statement on Sunday. The Sudanese army on Friday launched

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military says it struck a major oil terminal in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia’s war effort. The strike on Monday came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war has entered an important phase and both sides face the issue of how to sustain their costly war

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team of international scientists is in Fukushima to ensure safety of the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged nuclear power plant. Japan began discharging the wastewater in August 2023. The plant was damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, triggering meltdowns in its reactors and large amounts

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has sentenced a 72-year-old American to nearly seven years in prison for allegedly fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine. Prosecutors said Stephen Hubbard signed a contract with the Ukrainian military after Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and he fought alongside them until being captured two months

Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 52-year-old woman associated with the Islamic State group has gone on trial in Sweden on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria. Lina Laina Ishaq, who is a Swedish citizen, is accused of committing the crimes during the period from

Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world’s rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places. The World Meteorological Organization also says glaciers that feed rivers

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Zaw Myint Maung, a senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party arrested during the 2021 military takeover, has died. He had been serving a prison sentence that was considered politically motivated. He was a close colleague of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and spokesperson of her National League for

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — South Korea and the Philippines, each faced by increasingly hostile rival nations, have elevated their ties to a strategic partnership, including broader defense and security cooperation between the two U.S. treaty allies. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is on a state visit to the Philippines, and Philippine President Ferdinand

Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it. If scientists can better understand how they